Remembering.

Tomorrow, September 15Th, marks two years since Dorothy passed away. This is a very hard time for our family as we remember the wonderful person that she was and the struggles that she faced battling cancer. No matter how much time passes by I can't think about her and not be sad, wishing that she was still here with us. In honor of her the boys and I are planning on watching videos, look at pictures and talk about the wonderful grandmother that they have watching over them.

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month and I encourage every woman out there to talk to your doctor about your risks. Ovarian cancer is hard to detect so be knowledgeable about the signs and listen to your body. For more information on this and other cancer related topics visit http://www.cancer.org/

Love you all!

These past two weeks have been wonderful with Josh home, it's going to be sad when he goes back to work. We've had many things going on around the house. I've been busy working on projects. The first to be completed were Halloween costumes for the boys. Keegan decided that both he and baby Connor needed to be dinosaurs, so Keegan is a Tyrannosaurs and Connor is a Pterodactyl. I know that it's planning really far in advance but if I didn't do it now I know that I wouldn't get it done in time. Next on the list were special t-shirts for Keegan, Grace and Aiden for our trip to the show Walking with Dinosaurs (I wanted to be sure that the kids could be spotted easily in a crowd). Lastly, I made curtains for Keegan's oddly shaped bedroom window. I searched many places for blackout blinds that would fit his window but the cheapest i could find was close to $300! After loosing the patience to search for curtains that would work, and be cost effective, I went to the fabric store. And for the grand total of $15 we have a way to keep the evening sun out of his room. I love having the time to do these things!

We are also happy to share that we are on our way to having grass. The past three days have been filled with workers raking the dirt, spreading top soil, planting trees, and finally today hydra seeding. Now we just wait... at least next year we know that we'll have a yard to play in.

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SICK

I don't know what it is with our family but we are all sick....again!

Connor started it with a slight cough that quickly developed into a cough/runny nose/fever combo. Then Keegan decided to get a fever that lasted all of one night then nothing for another 24 hours and he was hit hard with the same as Connor. As you can guess with two kids being sick it didn't take long for me to join them in their misery. I only hope that we can kick this before Josh gets home on Thursday.

Last night I got Keegan and Connor both asleep in their rooms by 9:30pm and poured myself into bed shortly after that. Then I am suddenly woken up at 11:45pm to BOTH of them crying for mommy. I fed and rocked Connor back to sleep quickly, but Keegan was not going down with out a fight. Needless to say by 1:00am my bed was crowded with the three of us coughing and sniffling for the rest of the night. Can you say nap time anyone!?!

Love you all!!!

Family fun

We have had the pleasure of having Chrys, Grace and Aiden come over for some quality play time. It is wonderful to be spending so much time with my brother. In true guy fashion he has a little trouble doing Graces hair, so I've had my skills tested trying to braid her hair. Not only does she have more hair then anyone I've ever known, (thanks to her mom) but I haven't needed to braid someone elses hair since my soccer days, twelve years ago! Aiden is just a ball of energy and isn't afraid of anything. In true daddy-son relationship they love to rough house, thankfully for me Keegan gets his wrestling time in with Uncle Chrys.

Love you all!

Welcome to the world!

On Thursday July 28th at 5:22pm baby Brookelynn Denali James entered the world. Proud parents Chris and Tammy were surrounded by family and friends. On Saturday they ventured home to start their new life as a family of three.

Congratulations!!!

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Lifetime moments

Yesterday was one for Connor's baby book. His first tooth is on its way! A very small ,very sharp corner of a tooth has broken skin. This was discovered early in the morning as he was chewing on my hand. Later that evening as i was telling Josh about his growing baby, Connor decided to start crawling! He doesn't have the coordination down quite yet but he can definitely move across a room. This new development frustrates Keegan, no longer being able to keep his toys out of brothers reach.

Let the sibling fighting begin! Round one!

This week my grandparents celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary! WOW! We should all be so lucky to spend that amount of years with the one we love. To celebrate the family, including Naida and Kent in town from Colorado, met at Southside Bistro for dinner. Unfortunately Connor did not want to take part and after a long time of trying to soothe him I had to excuse myself and take the kids home. The screaming did not let up for a long time. Hopefully the gathering tonight will go a lot more smoothly.

Love you all!

Updates

The kids have gotten over their colds but I am still very sick. I went to the urgent care this morning. I am at the point of not being able to sleep because I'm so uncomfortable! And the doctor there told be that I have a bad sinus infection that has spread to my throat. WONDERFUL! Now I'm taking these pills twice a day that look like they're meant for horses, hopefully I'll be feeling better soon. Josh gets home in one week! YA! We are very excited to have him coming home, this gone five weeks home for one thing is very hard on our family (especially when I'm sick) I hope that from now on he sticks to the four and two. I guess the good thing is that we'll all be healthy by the time he gets home.... hopefully.

I've been trying to post pictures on the web page but for some reason it's not letting me. As soon as I can figure it out I have lots of pictures to share.

Yesterday my mom and Larry started the Yukon River Quest. I've been looking at the pictures online and the weather doesn't look like it's been cooperating very well, so I hope that they remain safe. Check out www.yukonriverquest.com for more information and up to date results.

Love you all!